Rival Reputations: Coercion and Credibility in US-North Korea RelationsCharting the turbulent history of US-North Korean affairs from the 1960s through to 2010, Rival Reputations explores how past incidents and crises can be relied upon to help determine threat credibility and the willingness of an adversary to resort to violence. Using reputation as the framework, this book answers some of the most vexing questions regarding both US and North Korean foreign policy. These include how they have managed to evade war, why North Korea - a much weaker power - has not been deterred by superior American military power from repeated violent provocations against the United States and South Korea, and why US officials in every administration have rarely taken North Korean threats seriously. Van Jackson urges us to jettison the conventional view of North Korean threats and violence as part of a 'cycle' of provocation and instead to recognize them as part of a pattern of rivalry inherent in North Korea's foreign relations. |
Contents
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The reputations in rivalry framework | 16 |
The USS Pueblo crisis 1968 | 24 |
The EC121 shootdown 1969 | 63 |
The Panmunjom crisis 1976 | 100 |
The North Korean nuclear crisis 19931994 | 138 |
Nuclear conflict and NorthSouth provocations | 170 |
Implications for theory and policy | 191 |
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Rival Reputations: Coercion and Credibility in US-North Korea Relations Van Jackson Limited preview - 2016 |
Rival Reputations: Coercion and Credibility in US-North Korea Relations Van Jackson No preview available - 2017 |
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aircraft April April 18 Archive Armbrister Asia attack August 18 August 25 Available online backing behavior Blue House raid challenges Cheonan crew crises current calculus theory decision decision-makers Defense Department Deterrence diplomatic Documents on East EC-121 shoot-down Eliza Gheorghe escalation forces FRUS Gallucci hostile Ibid initiated intelligence International issue January 24 KCNA Kim Il Sung Korean Nuclear Korean Peninsula March Matter of Accountability Memorandum missile National Security Nixon North Korea North Korean provocations North Korean threats North–South nuclear crisis nuclear program nuclear weapons officials Operation Paul Bunyan Panmunjom Panmunjom crisis Poneman President Johnson prior Pueblo crisis Pueblo Incident reconnaissance reputation for resolve reputations in rivalry response retaliation rivalry pattern Romanian Ministry sanctions Security Council Seoul South Soviet Union Sung’s Team Spirit threat credibility UNCMAC United US–North Korea relations USS Pueblo USS Pueblo Incident Vietnam violence White House Wonsan word and deed WSAG XXIX